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[WP]You have a security monitor in your bedroom so you turn it on to check the house before bed.To your surprise you see a monster crawling up your stairway.All of a sudden the monster slips and falls back down the stairs. You can hear it faintly crying.You find yourself calling out to it “You ok?”
First writing promp... | „You ok?“
„Yeah I am fine… Urgh… who am I kidding? No, I am not fine.”
*What do?* He sat there for a minute, pondering. When he got up he grabbed the baseball bat. Just in case. He only dared to poke the head around the corner. There it was. Sitting at the base of his stairs. All sunken in. Like a pile of misery.
... | The sound of bottles clanking around Geoff woke him up.
"Goddamn it, Geoff. Not again... Jesus.. ," Geoff mumbled to himself.
The room was spinning around him and the bones that were unfortunate enough to touch the floor screamed at him. He mustered up strength and pushed up against the floor. Not a hint of warmth rem... | 2018-02-05T02:54:36 | 2018-02-05T01:32:29 | 64 | 40 |
[WP] Immortal monsters of legend have returned after lying dormant for thousands of years. However, the legends were made before guns were a thing, and the "immortal" thing was kind of overblown. | The problem with ancient languages is that many words don't really translate well into modern language. In some cases there's just no modern word that fits, or in some cases there may be several potential translations, all with slightly different meanings. Aside from that, there's the nuance of the word given the rest... | “Now Mortals! I, The lost King of Babylon Kuzaamanaga the Immortal, have risen from my unearthly tomb to once again rule the kingdoms of gods and See a thousand years of tyranny!”
“Well That’s all mighty fine there, you filthy Arab. But how bout you you drop the sword and staff and come with me so we can sort you out.... | 2019-03-20T19:52:25 | 2019-03-20T19:36:22 | 396 | 129 |
[WP] Write the biggest asshole ever, then try to redeem him in the last sentence. | Joe shuffled his feet, pushing his slumped body against his wheelchair, slowly propelling it backwards to the front of the intersection. In his right hand, he limply held a sign written in mumbling sharpie, something about veteran, hungry, god bless. His right hand jingled a 7-11 Big Gulp, half full of coins.
"Gettin... | Jim stood at the portside of his galleon, looking out on the still waters, watching for signs of landfall through the dense fog.
A breathless man ran up behind him. "Captain, it's me!" the voice said. "I've spotted land!"
Just as he had, the island made itself clear to the captain. "Land ahoy!" Jim shouted to the cr... | 2017-05-23T09:16:08 | 2017-05-23T08:15:38 | 329 | 104 |
[WP] You have a superpower where the harder a solid is the easier it is for you to break. Diamonds crumble to dust under the slightest touch but mashed potatoes are virtually unbreakable. | "HAHAHAHA" i couldn't help laugh. The police were everyhere. POP POP POP. three little plumes of dust roll off my chest as they fire their guns. The bullets crumble as they touch me. "There is no way they can stop me, I'm indestructible!" I think to myself as I begin to walk away. I kick a squad car for good measure, ... | At the beach. Turn to a friend, watch this shit. Start sprinting across the ocean. He's seen it before so he's looking at me like I'm a dumbass. I f o r g o t I h a d a c u t o n m y l e g. A fucking shark swims up toward me. I start to run, too late, the sharks teeth shatter on my leg. And now I'm in jail for ... | 2017-05-19T04:32:27 | 2017-05-19T02:41:45 | 84 | 27 |
[WP] When you die you are sent to purgatory, a room of doors where you can select your afterlife. There are all the commonly believed afterlifes, reincarnation, heaven and hell, even null. You open the dusty unused door. | Most people think that death is just a pitch black darkness. Some think its gold gates of heaven, some a fiery pits of hell. Some even think you can reincarnate as a fly or a slug.... they're all wrong.
I woke up in a grey room full of doors. Trust me, i went trought nearly all of them...
White with gold letters that... | Angelica brushes her hand against her jeans in anticipation of the dust against her skin. Biting her glossy pink lip, she pushes open the door to her afterlife.
She emerges from a rocky cave and finds herself on a wide mountaintop. A tall, muscular man with a discus turns mid-throw to face her, and his eyes bulge.
"... | 2020-07-31T09:41:25 | 2020-07-31T08:53:04 | 35 | 18 |
[WP]Death Eaters win The battle of Hogwarts killing all opposition and breaking a one thousand year old truce between muggles and wizards. Lord Voldemort must now face the full might of the United Kingdoms' military. | "*Imperio*!" Voldemort hissed at yet another officer, bending him to his will.
The muggles were growing desperate. They could not target an army that could teleport away. They could not fight when their own command chain was compromised by one single word. Every water reserve had been poisoned, no matter how well guar... | Lord Voldemort was triumphant at his defeat of Harry Potter. He alone walked to the edge of the mind charm zone to gloat at his truly epic victory.
No sooner had he crossed it when he saw a strange red light upon his forehead. He tried to touch it and it did not move. It did seem to jitter a bit, so Voldemort decided... | 2014-10-12T00:03:30 | 2014-10-12T00:00:12 | 40 | 17 |
[WP] The world's oldest, most powerful wizard has had enough of his life. After two thousand years of adventure and magic he desires normalcy. Today is his first day at work as a janitor for an office building. He's determined to fit in and not use his powers. How does it go? | *I could burn this man from time itself*, Mikrathrin thought, watching his new supervisor through lidded eyes. *A soul unwound. Easy as swatting a gnat from a book.*
"So what do we use when it's the glass, Mike?" Donald asked, using the kind of tone one usually reserved for small children and not, Mikrathrin reflected... | “Liiiiisten baby, ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wiiiide enough baaaaby,” I lip-sang in delight, “if you neeeeeeed me caaalll!” The mop sloshed on my shoe. The turbid water reeked with the pungent stench of bleach and a varietal medley of chemicals. I began chanting a quick incantation to r... | 2015-12-30T12:25:58 | 2015-12-30T12:15:49 | 90 | 14 |
[WP] When humanity went extinct another life-form rose to dominance on Earth. But it was not one anyone would have expected. Instead of chimpanzees, dolphins, dogs or even birds Earth is now dominated by sentient trees. | My starship hovered somewhere between the moon and the planet formerly known as Earth. We, the Caretakers, were unsure what the new sentient species had named it. After the humans had driven themselves extinct, ignoring warning after warning, a new and different species had risen. We had expected perhaps dolphins, or d... | The voices of the United Nations talk amongst themselves; some filled with quiet panic, others with hushed anger and frustration, they're voices carrying over one another and filling the room before a man emerges from backstage. He walks across the stage to the forward-most podium, he faces the audience and the lights ... | 2022-08-27T07:03:58 | 2022-08-27T06:10:10 | 519 | 37 |
[WP] There is a special place in the after life, made for people who did "ok I guess". It is called Meh-ven.
Inspired by this askreddit thread.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4oajgp/if_there_were_a_cheaper_version_of_heaven_called/ | Greg hadn't really done anything in life. He had never really cared about homework or his health or anything other than playing video games at home. He had never particularly cared for any sort of social events, had never supported any causes.
Greg's life was pretty ok, he guessed. He'd died choking on a piece of car... | I was standing in front of an open fridge. Industrial quality, built in. It would have been gorgeous if not for the fingerprints marring the stainless steel.
It was full. Fresh vegetables that looked as if they could have been made of wax; almost too smooth and shapely to be real. Meat and fish; not just hamburger, o... | 2016-06-16T01:41:34 | 2016-06-16T00:44:58 | 121 | 75 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | I went into archeology for the money, not for humanitarian reasons. Sure, I'd like to be the one to save the human race, I'd just like a beach house/ski resort on a designer world even more. The market value of digging in the dirt only goes up as the search for a working wormhole drive becomes more frantic. We've found... | The old man sat chasing his own thoughts. His memory wasn't what it once was and he kept losing his train of thought. He'd try to remember something, reason through it and just before he could latch on to it it would be gone like it was never there.
Zargrarf approached smiling, "My old nemesis, it pains me to s... | 2014-07-16T13:34:49 | 2014-07-16T12:28:18 | 88 | 35 |
[WP] You're a foreigner who goes to live in Japan. Your house is haunted, but the cultural differences are so big, it's the Yokai who ends up being scared of you. | "Shoes!" screeches the tengu lurking outside my window. "Shoes! Indoors! Take them off before you enter the house!"
I look outside my window and sigh.
"Oh," I say, "it's you again. Can you leave me alone for once?"
Unfortunately, the thought of this unwanted pest - sometimes roommate - leaving me alone continues... | The sound of terrified breathing and a fast heartbeat permeating the small, dark closet.
It's coming back!
A deep, rhythmic baritone "thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk" slowly echoing down the hall, closing in.
Closer and closer, you finally hear it, a sickening squelch every other "thunk", a faint yet sickening odor brie... | 2019-09-17T18:09:34 | 2019-09-17T14:57:04 | 46 | 33 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | The city hums with life. The people oozing by like a faceless blob.
On good days I dive into the grime, and pull out society's cancerous refuse. Other days I acknowledge we've lost a member of blue. He crossed the line, and went dirty. There's no coming back once you're a crooked cop.
.55. My birthday was only a few ... | For a large chunk of my life I expected nothing to happen after... well after *I* ended. I expected complete cession of consciousness, a total end to my cognitive functions... a lack of everything including the self-awareness that would have made the Void unbearable.
What I got was a man behind a desk with a file that... | 2016-03-07T19:21:03 | 2016-03-07T18:54:40 | 128 | 37 |
[WP]: In one paragraph, write the most disgusting and despicable character you can ever come up with. In the second paragraph, kill them in a way that makes me feel sorry for them. | One by one they died. They were on their knees, obvious tears streaming from their faces. *How would any child react to their death?* Alex though. Two lifeless bodies lay to his right; they couldn't have been older than seven. Three more to go. It wouldn't be long now. He placed his revolver to the back of the head of ... | 10:31am-water cooler conversation between two co-workers:
Paragraph 1:
"It always seemed to be just about the money with Harold. Remember his first week on the job? We all made an attempt to make him feel welcome, but boy oh boy.. We quickly found out that he wasn't one to socialize or contribute to the lives of anyon... | 2014-07-28T00:47:26 | 2014-07-28T00:10:45 | 114 | 10 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | All Heros like to live by The Code. Do no more harm than necessary. Destroy as little as possible. Bring the Villain in alive for rehabilitation. It never works. They either escape or are released and go right back to villainy.
When I arrived in Mega City I could see the devastation. Buildings were crumbling. Corpses... | Thomas looked down in disbelief...
"We... we're going to have to call John"
Michael felt a protest well up in his throat- but swallowed it back down knowing all too well that Thomas was right.
"Who makes the call?" Michael asks half-heartedly... knowing it's his responsibility.
The look on Thomas' face says it all,... | 2022-03-29T05:48:43 | 2022-03-29T01:55:07 | 55 | 40 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | This is it! The Plan Bs to end all Plan Bs! This was absolutely fool-proof! I've tried concocting love potions; I've tried psychology tricks; I've tried going on blind dates with horrible people, even more horrible than I am; but all of those attempts were trashed! The common denominator? That little cocky brat coming ... | There were scarcely anyone on the station on a weekday's afternoon, so Nick could get some space to breathe. He pressed his back against the sun-burned wall, his hair smelt like ash. A flame flickered in his dull eyes, the taste of smoke touched his lips. Nick squinted, turning to his left. Was it a train he was waitin... | 2019-02-23T07:17:19 | 2019-02-23T07:02:41 | 43 | 25 |
[WP] Humans are actually a phenomenally advanced species - except for the glaringly obvious thing they missed. Write from the perspective of a befuddled alien xenobiologist. | "The supreme tragedy of the Human race was their inability to understand Numbers. Such a brilliant species became trapped in their own self-imposed prison of a primitive numeral system that did not resonate with the Universe's numeral system. In fact, in their entire eight-thousand year lifespan, they only discovered... | ReportUpdate7931
They continue to advance at an incredible pace. We now predict in 20 cycles the commonalities: nanotech (orig. estimate 120 cycles), holocircuitry in 14 cycles (orig. 80 cycles).
Revised surpassing date (human - standard bio): 3 cycles.
Revised surpassing date (human - Lyssian): 12 cycles.
As re... | 2015-04-09T15:20:46 | 2015-04-09T13:47:40 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] Humans never figured out how to travel faster than light, but immortality was not that hard after all. As a consequence, space travel is possible, but very boring. | They packed and left once more.
Dolly sighed as they did it, looking back from the ramp at the gold-green horizon, pierced all through with falling stars, all aflame. The world groaned and hissed. She felt the slateland below her feet shimmy and quake.
Another home lost.
On the ship, she settled into a corner, not ... | "Unknown species send out probes all the time. That's gotta be what it is." Jim said with shaky confidence. *It could also be a planetary warhead* he thought, but he didn't see the point in mentioning that. Either way, this was not the ideal start to his barbeque.
The shuttle had landed right in the pool, and leg ext... | 2017-08-15T07:00:16 | 2017-08-15T06:56:06 | 313 | 12 |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | I awoke in the night, the distant sounds of screams altogether too familiar. It didn't sound isolated - they must have found a safe-haven. Hundreds would be massacred. It was just like I said; don't bunch together. Don't rely on each other for support. Survival is all about laying low, keeping quiet and hoping that luc... | "Hang on, so there's some fixed amount of power and it's divided equally among all humans?"
"Yep."
"And you, a strange alien creature, have culled the human population in order to increase the power granted to any one individual?"
"Exactly. Do you want to try out your new powers?"
"I've a few questions first actual... | 2018-02-27T05:33:50 | 2017-12-06T21:27:18 | 341 | 32 |
[WP] Write me a fairy tale reddit. Some set in snowy land, with dragons, danger, interesting quest. And make the hero of the story girl/woman. Thank you. | Once, there was a kingdom made of ice. Snow covered the ground like a perpetual blanket. Frost glittered on thatched rooftops like diamonds in the sun. In the center of the kingdom was a large enchanted fire, a roaring magnificent blaze that kept the citizens alive. The fire itself was at the heart of the royal palace.... | "Tell me a fairytale, Daddy!"
The small room were astonishingly pink. There was a pink chair and table, and you could see drawings that were made with pink crayons spread all over the place, including the walls.
"Sure thing, pumpkin. Which one would you like me to read to you? White Snow? The little Mermaid?"
The l... | 2017-01-12T17:47:30 | 2017-01-12T17:45:39 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] 2688 A.D - we made alien contact. It's not like anything we would ever have expected: We're welcomed as benevolent Gods. The probes containing mathematical, physical, biological and cultural data we sent out in the late 1990's had become the whole basis for their evolution! | Year 2688 A.D.- The Dyson Era
"Humanity has ascended to become master of the stars. We have expanded to dozens of systems, we have achieved warp speeds, we have finally completed the Alpha Centauri Dyson Sphere. An effort of a hundred years, billions of man hours, and entire solar systems strip mined of their resour... | As NASA's only face to potential alien communication, Roger Harms expected a slow and easy day at the office. He dressed every morning in the same style slacks and polo that his mother had bought him for his first big day at a workplace she could brag to all her friends about. After 28 years Roger gave up trying to exp... | 2018-11-04T07:46:54 | 2018-11-04T07:06:45 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] The child meets your eyes and says,"You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it." | "You need somebody killed, don't you?"
The kid meets my eyes. He looks twelve and somewhere between driftwood and a cigarette. Sweaty, eyes glassy like he has a fever.
"I can do that for you, if you can afford it."
I try to stare back at him, all shaky snot-nosed fear. Try to meet his gaze but I can't. I can see, ... | The child met my eyes and said, "You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it."
Her voice was slathered in a thick and swampy Cajun accent, as if the bayou itself had been given the ability to speak. I looked away from the depths in her gaze. Something inside them was drawing me in... | 2014-10-06T14:12:12 | 2014-10-06T10:17:06 | 300 | 14 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | Lambert made his way home, his feet failing to gain much traction on the slick, cobblestone street. In the mist that had descended upon the town, all that guided his way were the flickering lights of the lampposts.
The streets were deserted, as they often were.
Lambert clutched his Bible as he stood under the nearest... | Father Atkinson returned home a tired man. His once sturdy frame stood hollow, a tree devoured inside out. His face had grown wrinkled as bark; his calloused hands could barely grip the cross as he pounded the pulpit before his congregation.
They didn't know him. Not the true him--the man who scrambled to correct his... | 2020-10-20T09:00:15 | 2020-10-20T08:05:28 | 169 | 123 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | As the class watched on in abject horror, I zoned out a little and thought about what brought me here. This school was supposed to "straighten me out" as dear old Dad put it - after all, if everyone else has superpowers and I don't I shouldn't ever be able to win a fight. And if I could only get into losing fights sure... | And so it happened, I couldn't let that slide. I mean, of course I couldn't. Why would I ? All those bastards thinking they're so cool, flaunting their skills in the hallway with no regards to other people's safety. I know it's the first time that I was bullied, but I 'll make it be the last.
His ugly face still rema... | 2022-11-02T12:26:39 | 2022-11-02T08:03:37 | 83 | 58 |
[WP] The hero can slow down Time in a small bubble around himself. Unfortunately, the villain has the same ability. The world is now vexed with two people, in front of the U.N. building, having a slow-motion fistfight that will last 103 years. It affects Mankind in unexpected ways.
I'm very happy that everyone enjoyed... | # Financial Times
# Stock Markets collapse by 30% as UN Assembly fight takes a new turn
**■ New York City - 30.04.2055**
This morning at around 5:30 AM the cameras observing the ongoing fight in front of the UN headquarters confirmed what experts have now been warning of for days: Professor Inferno's left hand stoma... | As the world's greatest villain and earth's mightiest hero continue to clash, Tim Timwell, aged 37, walks his dog, a miniature schnauzer named Tom. The route, going past the UN building, is nice and flat, paved the whole way through. Tim and Tom, Tom and Tim, just meandering about town again, slowly of course, because... | 2021-04-30T09:15:10 | 2021-04-30T08:59:41 | 234 | 164 |
[WP] you travel to your best friends house and are hanging out like normal, doing what you guys usually do. Excusing yourself to use the restroom, you absentmindedly look behind the shower curtain and discover the bloody, lifeless corpse of the best friend whose house you are at.
Your shoes and things are in the room ... | "Jerry?"
My brain stopped. I couldn't think. Jerry's dead. I am looking at his body. Jerry's dead. But I was just with Jerry and he is *definitely* alive. This doesn't make any sense.
I sat down. Think. Gotta think. Options. Two Jerrys. One is dead. Jerry doesn't have a twin. I'd know if Jerry had a twin. Plus, why ... | I stagger back from the shower, nearly vomiting. I think to call for Blue (short for Blutarch) but decide against it. After all, what if Blue is the thing in the tub? It's several minutes before I decide to go back into the living room. I tried to appear natural, but Blue sees that something is wrong.
"Hey man? What's... | 2015-04-25T18:44:34 | 2015-04-25T17:41:02 | 67 | 24 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | So he walked into my 3B class, just like anyone else would. Kinda handsome, I guess, but overall pretty ordinary. Until he turned and I caught the number floating over his shoulder.
The big one-O.
I'm pretty sure I made a noise that would make a mouse call me a pussy, and I sweated through my T-shirt in five second... | “I had no idea what the numbers meant at first, but everyone had one. The highest I had seen, before I knew what they were, was my uncle, a Vietnam veteran, five. I learned what they really meant two years ago, walking home after my first day of middle school, a passing car swerving all over the road, had to be going a... | 2014-11-29T13:14:54 | 2014-11-29T12:35:37 | 322 | 199 |
[WP] North Korea is a veritable paradise on earth but we have no idea because of aggressive propaganda and out of context quotes of the nk leadership.
The reality is the exact opposite of what the West think is true. The truth is being kept from us for fear that we would revolt if we discovered the amazing North Korea... | The young lieutenant slammed the foreign newspaper onto the conference table, then quickly attempted, and failed, to compose himself. An unflattering picture of Dear Leader leered from its pages, accompanied by a mocking headline. The elder Chairman, ever patient, allowed himself a faint smile while he waited for the... | there is always only space for half of an existing population to be happy. 50% of the entire country lives in bliss.
The remaining 50% are jailed for even the most minor of infractions. and our reoked of their citizenship. The age at which all infractions are imposed is at 18 years old. By then you are expected to... | 2014-06-26T08:39:12 | 2014-06-26T05:58:58 | 260 | 163 |
[WP] As a young child you made an innocent wish to be granted a power that in hindsight was just whimsical and silly. Now you have grown up but you still have the power - how do you use it now as an adult? | When I was fourteen, my wish came true. For about a year, I had wished as hard as I could, every single day, to be able to Force Jump. For what seemed like hours, I'd stand in the driveway and try to jump up to the balcony outside my room, easily twice my height above the asphalt. One cloudy Thursday afternoon, it work... | The genie floated before the slight little girl, patiently waiting for an answer as she hummed her indecision.
"I wish," she said, "I wish that I could make cookies appear whenever I wanted."
With a brilliant sparkling, the genie disappeared with the dream and the child woke up.
Deciding to test this new power ... | 2015-03-07T00:36:26 | 2015-03-06T23:01:15 | 182 | 130 |
[WP] "This potion will give you the body that your heart desires, the body that will bring you true and lasting happiness. But be warned: don't expect beauty. I've seen men become literal monster from the darkness in their hearts. Happy monsters, but monsters nevertheless." | Purple mixture sticks to my fingers like poison. I lick the remainder.
My veins fire up, then go cold, and with arms slamming against leather bindings that bite into my skin, I know it's working. My heart fights free of my chest but only for a moment, in the next I slam back into the red dentist chair blood and snot ... | Part1: Through the Looking Glass
"This potion will give you the body that your heart desires, the body that will bring you true and lasting happiness. But be warned: don't expect beauty. I've seen men become literal monsters from the darkness in their hearts. Happy monsters, but monsters nevertheless."
I paused at th... | 2016-12-04T21:29:26 | 2016-12-04T21:08:35 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] Our behaviors in video games are held against us when we die. Saint Peter is going over the list of acts that are denying you entrance to heaven.
| "Next!" The man sitting behind the desk said, signaling me to come forward. He extended his hand. "I'm Peter. Nice to meet you." He was friendly enough, but clearly ready to get business taken care of.
"Leroy." I replied, shaking his hand. "When you said your name is 'Peter', is that like Saint Peter?"
"Good. You've ... | Saint Peter looked down at Stephen, his glasses on his nose. He exhaled and continued.
"Okay, Stephen. You do understand where you are?"
"Yes, Yes I do. "
"Okay, so you know, and understand we know everything, ever, in the history of ever, correct?"
"Yes, I do."
"Okay, so we're going over your behaviors you exhi... | 2014-12-11T14:26:29 | 2014-12-11T11:59:08 | 65 | 13 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | "You made me drop my drink." The girl's shoes were wet, covered in the drink I'd accidentally knocked out of her hands. "What're you gonna do about it?" Her voice was low, menacing, almost a hiss, and that was when I realised who it was and my eyes went wide. An apology wouldn't cut it, not with her. Even if I bought h... | “I’ll show them my true powers” I said looking at my hand, snickering knowing they will finally face my wrath. The horn of the school bus signifying the start of my hell again.
The school bus arrives, the moment I ascend the stairs, I trip on air, falling face first unable to stop my fall with my hands. The routine of... | 2020-02-26T09:25:14 | 2020-02-26T09:00:31 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | Humanity was amazed by the presence of extraterrestrials. They were new. They were exciting. As a species, we were done evolving. We had discovered every scientific breakthrough available to us and our meager resources. We had mapped our observable universe and pushed the limits of our existence.
We had philosophized... | "So here's what we do men," Captain Averal started as the ships started pulling out of the water, "they think we're gonna let them go, we're gonna let them fly away because we're scared of 'em, are we scared of em?"
​
"SIR NO SIR!" The sailors replied.
​
"Are we scared of those buggy bastards?... | 2019-02-26T08:20:01 | 2019-02-26T07:06:44 | 1,328 | 144 |
[WP] You are Sisyphus, the man forever cursed to push a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down when you reach the top. You've just reached the top again, but the boulder hasn't rolled down. Having long ago gotten used to the routine, this understandably freaks you out. | Hades, god of the Underworld, stood watching from a distance.
"Dear, what are you up to?" He turned to his wife, Persephone. "It will be time for supper soon and you still haven't walked Cerberus."
"Got a little caught up on an experiment, darling." He pointed a finger out and she followed it. "Do you know who that i... | *And now the boulder rolls back down. Maybe this time I'll beat it to the bottom, I'm getting better at that. I sprinted to the bottom of the hill, it was unusually quiet. What trickery is this? What have Hades and Thanatos done now? Why do I feel a warm breeze on my ankles? The chains are gone! The boulder precariousl... | 2022-10-18T17:21:41 | 2022-10-18T13:00:57 | 129 | 78 |
[WP] We may not be the strongest, but our immune systems are legendary among alien races. There is a saying: "if it makes a human sick it will kill you." | "The key question is--why?"
We stared blankly at the slide in question, and our enthusiastic professor who had just paused for dramatic effect. A barely-stifled yawn quickly broke the atmosphere, but to her credit, Professor Crawford barely missed a beat before seguing into her intended outcome.
"We're not sure why,"... | “Kale! Help!” Bob screeched as he was dragged down the hall.
“No. I don’t think I will.” Kale muttered watching security take Bob away to the med bay.
“What’s going on?” Haley, the second human aboard the ship watched with concern.
“Bob has come into contact with a contagion of some sort.” Kale explained dimply, rea... | 2021-02-03T15:17:54 | 2021-02-03T15:13:38 | 211 | 117 |
[WP] In a near future police interrogation is preformed by an AI. You are set in a dark room where the detective AI sifts through your social media and data, building cases in real time while monitoring any facial tells or story inconsistencies. Slowly revealing it is judge jury and executioner. | I started off sleezing back alleyways selling drugs to the kids that I knew. The money was good, and supposedly the drugs were better; I never knew because I never touched the stuff, myself. But I knew how people ticked.
Had an innate sense for it at an early age- and it made me a good salesman.
A *damn* good salesma... | The streetlights were alive. They hummed and flickered and seemed to invade Aldan’s thoughts as he walked across the wet cracked concrete of the alleyway. Walls towered around him like a prison cell. The city had trapped him. He paused at the painted mural of a postal worker slipping unmarked packages into a blue mailb... | 2020-12-22T06:27:09 | 2020-12-22T04:30:00 | 275 | 58 |
[WP] My job as a demon is to take requests from those who summon me in return for their souls. It's amazing! But it's always the same requests. That's why I promised myself I wouldn't eat the soul of the one to give me a brand new request. Nothing new. Until today. "Can you be my girlfriend?" | I stood there for a moment, trying to fathom what had just happened.
“You want… the perfect woman?”
“No I want you.”
He was imperceptibly shaking, trying to hide it. I admit, this man had me curious.
“You want me? To be your girlfriend”
“Yes, you, girlfriend, me”
I flashed him a smile that had captured many befor... | " How much mone-WHAT?! "
The human looked sheepisly down at the floor, muttering under his breath " I want you to be my girlfriend "
Apollyon had never in a million eons, been asked that question. All she could do was stand there blank faced wide eyed, jaw drooping. " dont you have tinder? "
He blushed a bit and tri... | 2022-09-09T20:19:57 | 2022-09-09T19:24:32 | 56 | 18 |
[WP] A vampire is desperate to see their own face for the first time. Being unable to see their own reflection or appear in photographs, they ask a talented artist to paint their portrait as accurately as possible. The finished picture is nothing like they'd expected. | "Right. Well. That's ummm..."
Margot studied Vladula with the same still eyes she used to paint, but her expression curved downwards. She'd been assured there'd be no repercussions if the painting wasn't satisfactory, but.... how far can you trust an undead creature of the night?
"It might be the ink" she spoke with ... | "I'm beautiful," he says looking from the painting finally, his voice both soft and concussive.
"Yes, you are. Always." The artist feels sad at this. So much of his life spent running from this thing to find time and time again himself its victim. Here covered in paint another masterpiece created at its beck and call... | 2019-11-18T02:47:46 | 2019-11-18T01:44:55 | 253 | 29 |
[WP] A classically-trained sorcerer and a self-taught sorcerer face off in battle. Neither can fathom how the other's magic works. | The vagabond suddenly jettisoned a stream of fire directly from her mouth towards the ageing wizard, burning through the tips of his fine shoes and sizzling his toes.
“Whoah there!!” He jerked his foot up like a marionette on strings, smoke trailing as he did.
She spun around, dazzling sparks emerging from under her... | “How are you even able to cast a fireball that way? It’s unnatural.”
“Shut up. I don’t need your elitist college degrees to tell me how to cast spells.” The classic sorcerer shot a fireball and the self taught one easily dodges it. “Your spell doesn’t even look like a fireball, much less an efficient cast.”
“This is ... | 2022-11-04T18:22:19 | 2022-11-04T16:15:08 | 91 | 37 |
[WP] Simultaneously, across the world, everyone hears a voice in their head. " In 2 hours, the server will be shutting down for the final time. Thank you for playing Human ®." | “In two hours, the server will be shut down for the final time. Thank you for playing.”
The message was broadcast to everyone on Earth in all languages simultaneously. While the words were cryptic, somehow the message wasn’t. It left no ambiguity. This was the end.
Billions of people with billions of different reacti... | Two hours.
That's not enough time to fly across the border, what's more halfway across the world. There's just enough time to make it back home from the office if I leave now, and still get to see my parents.
Around me, my colleagues were doing the same, desperately trying to call their loved ones while dashing out ... | 2019-09-23T05:06:36 | 2019-09-23T04:27:58 | 88 | 12 |
[WP] Humanity wipes itself out through nuclear war, but everything on the Internet still exists. Another sentient race on Earth millions of years into the future develops an Internet and somehow manages to gain access to the human Internet, revealing everything humanity had posted and stored online. | The whispers of the ancients first sang to us a long time ago. Merely an accident at the time, we danced around the warmth of the sun, listening to the everbeing of the universe, when we heard new truths amidst their chaos.
It brought knowledge, carried on waves amidst the cosmic void. Through them, we learned of ha... | The data was incoherent, incomplete. We followed the Signal to the source and were terrified by what we found. It was a completely dead world we thought; barren and without life.
All we found were the ruins of an ancient civilization. Craters, broken and fractured buildings. A Great War destroyed this planet and almos... | 2018-05-19T21:57:29 | 2018-05-19T21:17:19 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | Streams of light poured into the cavern entrance, revealing a grimy face. The scans a had shown a life form dwelling in the ruins of a long forgotten civilization, but we could never have known what lurked below. We had expected a mighty warrior, or a ruthless king. This face belonged to a little girl, no more than 7 y... | *Tink, tink tink.*
He listened as the rhythmic pattern of digging extended to ancient ears, unused to the disturbance beyond the flittering of the dancing dust that spiralled in the darkness - waltzing in their eternal confinement to the endless tune of silence.
*Tink, tink tink. Tink, tink, tink.*
The sound got clo... | 2020-05-16T06:27:49 | 2020-05-16T06:16:22 | 79 | 15 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | Andrew was on the ground, he felt intense fear for the first time in his life, he looked up to the sky as the dragons were demolishing everything.
No, this can't be happening, he thought. He spent the past week preparing for the defense of camelot. Bringing each day modern technology weapons, even the infamous nuclear... | "Powder of... oh, *Powder:* Poh... Po-loni.. Polonium-two-and-ten," the wizard read, scrunching up his eyebrows as he slowly enunciated the unfamiliar words. "I know not what this Latin means." He stepped towards the airtight hazard bag.
"Don't touch that!" I screamed. "The hell are you doing? Do you want to kill us a... | 2016-11-28T06:29:21 | 2016-11-28T04:45:53 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] You are a normal citizen in a relatively unimportant country. One day the goverment starts to act crazy, changing ideology overnight, drafting people for the army and antagonizing their neighbours. The player controlling your country in a strategy game has just begun their world conquest run. | The madman actually did it. Alfred von Heynitz, five time re-elected Syndic (formerly Bürgmeister) of the (former) Imperial Free City of Ulm officially declared himself duke. I should've seen the signs sooner. Perhaps I am getting old, but I never expected it to come to this.
The man is undeniably absolute military g... | Poland lived in peace with her neighbours, having only one army, and trying to keep everyone together in their little brotherhood. The Holy Roman Empire was perfectly calm, with only inter-vassal wars not involving anyone higher than a Duke or Baron. The Rus were content to do whatever they did. All was well, until tha... | 2019-03-10T13:00:44 | 2019-03-10T11:57:27 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone on their 18th birthday have a dream and they must pick between the red or the blue pill. These pills effect your future in drastic ways. You on the other hand decide to walk the opposite way and find a green pill. You are the first to take the green pill. | I had seen pictures. Animations. Even told about the experience from friends and family. And I knew it was just a dream. But nothing could have prepared me for the cold.
From the two pedestals, both holding up a pill, one blue and one red, a bone rattling gust of air blew, colder than a blizzard. I could only stand ... | The Politician [part 1]
"Welcome to the choosing."
"Huh, looks nicer then I expected."
It was a large white room with fountains in the corners, and a few potted plants and a nice chair to sit in.
"Your memories of what pill does what, and what pill you chose will be erased afterwords. You will only know so you ca... | 2019-03-05T21:45:00 | 2019-03-05T20:43:42 | 140 | 14 |
[WP] With as much confidence as you can muster, you plant your feet, gaze up at the sky, and cry out a simple command to the expanse above with all your might: “SHOW YOURSELF!!!” After a moment, a calm voice echos from the heavens in reply with a simple question: “Why?” | “SHOW YOURSELF!!!”
•••
Everyone told me I had to have faith.
Everyone told me that I simply had to believe.
Everyone said he works in mysterious ways.
I said, "Bullshit. Everything you've said amounts to God being on the same level as Santa Claus. No, on a *lower* level than Santa Claus because parents will go t... | Yu Ping held the woman in his arms as she took her last breath. She was his daughter, who had been fatally injured in the aftermath between his and the insect demon Gu Shen's fight. The demon was dead and gone, but his Demon Qi was ravaging the woman's body and eroding it from the inside, and there was nothing Yu Ping ... | 2022-10-19T00:07:49 | 2022-10-18T21:47:13 | 61 | 22 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus still inside every single human. Centuries in the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | Our people were conquerors. The true law of the cosmos is the same as the law in the primordial seas of every world: eat, or be eaten. We understood this in our very cores. When the first contact with beings from another world happened, we **were** amazed. Not because of their powerful weapons (they didn't have any... | The heartbeat was the new thing for mankind. Well, not the heartbeat. But the awareness of it. Something about the virus and it's interaction with hormones and such at puberty. You heard the *lub-dub* in the back of your head. All the time. It was soothing in a way.
Only one in a thousand went insane from it.
I mysel... | 2018-09-29T19:15:40 | 2018-09-29T17:48:00 | 222 | 123 |
[WP] You arrive in the year 1000, and all you have are the clothes on your back, a laptop with the entire Wikipedia library, and a solar charger. | Day 1: I awoke in what I can only assume to be a wheat field.. (maybe barley?...whatever..). The sun is low in the sky...east...it must be morning. This is not the first time I've woken to find myself in a strange place, but at least I'm wearing pants...sometimes it's best to focus on the positives during times of c... | I woke up, scratching my beard. It had been three days since my arrival and since my last shave.
*Note to self. Bring a razor next time.*
He still had no idea where he was, no local currency and no real goods to share. While villagers shied away from him, I didn't understand with their fascination with a particula... | 2016-12-27T18:00:37 | 2016-12-27T16:27:44 | 128 | 90 |
[WP] For lack of better candidates, someone's parents jokingly named the Norse God Loki as the child's godfather. He decides to take this seriously. | I felt the drop of poison on my face, carving its way through my skin, my bones and my brain.
Eternal pain. My punishment for my many crimes....
The scream died in my throat, my strengh had left me a long time ago, my name was long forgotten, my trickeries had all been exposed. But then, out of nowhere, it came. A t... | In hindsight, it was the little things that tipped them off. How, no matter what, if Medeia was blamed for some bizarre act, she was always hidden in plain sight, reading a book or idly playing with her dolls.
Then, there were a few times when the school would call about an "incident" that occurred nearby, like when... | 2017-11-07T07:10:47 | 2017-11-07T07:09:10 | 807 | 130 |
[WP] "It literally could not get any worse if we summoned Cthulhu, and in fact might improve the situation somewhat."
UPDATE: I must say, I did *not* expect a cheap [Godzilla Threshold](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodzillaThreshold) prompt to become my most upvoted post. I'm quite enjoying all of your s... | Malcolm looked up at the bloodied and exhausted President, a neat red blossom of blood starting to grow against the white of his silk shirt.
"You have to do this. It's for the good of the world." President Obama said quietly, his words strained against the recent injury.
Overhead the emergency lights rattled again, ... | "So, professor, tell me what you think of our new global Overlord Cthulhu? It was summoned to rule over us because a small cult of people believed we cannot rule over ourselves, but what impact has... He? She?"
"The academic community generally refers to Cthulhu as a 'He'. It's been impossible to ascertain his gender,... | 2016-12-22T03:15:31 | 2016-12-22T02:52:38 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] It’s been weeks since your friend returned with godlike powers, unwilling to explain how. She is however getting increasingly frustrated by you not noticing her making the move on you. | (Part 1/2)
It was hard to focus on the screen, all things told, which was strange, given how familiar everything was. Melissa’s apartment still had that faded off-white paintjob, the refrigerator still issued its low drone that was audible even here, in the living room, and her couch was still weirdly lumpy. As I dou... | Running to school while eating toast. An aesthetic choice I'd always appreciated, but never particularly felt obligated indulge in. I just found it easier to wake up earlier. So I sat in my apartment eating toast and watched the city pass me by out the window. And then Carla lept onto my balcony and knocked on the glas... | 2022-02-24T12:01:42 | 2022-02-24T11:33:14 | 49 | 16 |
[WP] Adapt a famous fairy tale so it has a realistic ending.
I'm about to go to sleep. Bedtime story!... Except that I won't read anything until I get up. Happy Saturday. | And the Prince, after battling with the dragon, climbed up to the highest tower to rescue the lady of great legend. She had fiery red hair, and a glow to her skin as of the moon itself.
"My beauty... My princess.... My love." The Prince bowed down to her, resting on one knee. "I have come to rescue you, fairest of mai... | "Please follow me Mrs Mary."
He led her into a square room, bright white light filling it.
"Ma'am. I know this is hard for you, but we need your help identifying these items."
"I understand." She said, her voice choking, trying to hold back tears.
The officer produced the first bag.
"Do these belong to your ... | 2014-03-29T11:38:58 | 2014-03-29T11:20:59 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] You wake up on September 22, 2018 in place you’ve never been before. You can’t remember what happened, everyone you ask doesn’t remember the day before, either. It becomes an international mystery. It seems no one can remember the 21st night of September. | Liam had a dream about the old days, when he was a truck driver. It was back before automation took over. He was driving down an open road on a beautiful day in the fall. Lush reds and oranges framed his view for as far as he could see. It was so vivid and beautiful that he didn't want the image to fade from his mind. ... | Oh, boy. Another Saturday evening drinking ram's blood and doing Gregorian chants with the folks. They say you can take the boy out of the Pagan moon-worshiping cult, but you can't take the Pagan moon-worshiping cult out of the boy, or out of Clearwater County, Idaho, despite the best attempts of one State Marshall Sus... | 2018-09-21T12:01:19 | 2018-09-21T10:46:54 | 54 | 28 |
[WP] Every "walks into a bar" joke occurs in a single bar. You're the bartender and your shift just started. | I sat in my car as the engine died. Enjoying my last moment before starting my shift. Taking a deep breath, I got out and headed to the bar. As I reached the entrance, the door opened and one of our regulars walked out. "Already had your fill today, O'Connor?" I said to him.
He mumbled something and stumbled down the ... | Years I've been working at this damn joint now. Why? Hell if I know. I think I used to, but that was a long time ago. Probably forgot sometime between the 380th and 452nd time that stupid horse came in here.
I've seen it all. People from every nationality, holy men from every religion... Pavlov every now and then. Alw... | 2018-01-31T21:31:26 | 2018-01-31T21:30:08 | 117 | 18 |
[WP] Every person in the world develops a weird mutation/power the day they turn 16. Everyone's powers are always different, some more insignificant than others. You turn 16, and watch as all your friends discover their newfound ability's. That is, until you discover the severity of your own. | When i reached 16 I had high hopes. The basic process a person about to obtain a power went through was being put into a kind of prison cell and, for the first 24 hours after the exact time of your birth 16 years ago, monitored by a team of doctors who would categorize your power with its own unique title and level. ra... | Tonight was my night; my 16th birthday. Finally, after what felt like a lifetime of waiting, it was my time to shine. I had waited almost a year for this day, ever since my best friend Andrew discovered in January that he could fly. I had envied him at first, being the first in the tenth grade with a power. As time pas... | 2015-01-22T00:45:06 | 2015-01-21T21:42:59 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You get abducted by aliens, but as they preparing to probe you, they scan you only to discover a terminal disease that they have never seen before and they can not cure. The aliens instead end up befriending you and taking you on one last adventure traveling across the galaxy. | ######[](#dropcap)
"What's that?" You point to the swirling ball of light to your left. The vivid colors blend together in intricate, delicate spirals of red, blue, and pinpricks of white, not unlike the ones you created from glass. You can still feel the molten heat on your fingertips through the thick gloves.
"It'... | Klaag, we have a problem.
Eh? You get used to the begging, just mute your translator.
It's not that. Look.
Where's his Gargen?
I dunno, where did you put it?
Idiot, you're doing the operation.
But I haven't even opened the monkey yet!
Well it's not in him. He's got a lot of spunk for a Gargenless chimp.
Look a... | 2018-12-12T13:20:45 | 2018-12-12T11:10:30 | 39 | 25 |
[WP] You live in a world where magic exists, however, you must sacrifice a memory in order to cast a spell. The more memories, or the more precious a memory, the more powerful the magic. You just woke up with no memory save a name. | I opened my eyes, puzzled by the harsh glare around me. Of course, it was only the sun - but you must understand, I had no memories to speak of. I was like a newborn, flailing helplessly in the face of a completely unfamiliar world. To me, the sun was completely new.
Instinctively, I shielded my eyes with my hands, b... | "Michael!" I shouted, as cold, thick hands held me down to the bed. "Michael!"
"He's gone, Jovan," said the woman beside the bed. The man holding me down let me go after I stopped struggling. A dull throbbing took over my bandaged arms, and my heavy head pulled me down to the pillow.
"You couldn't save him, Jovan" s... | 2017-01-02T18:27:12 | 2017-01-02T16:28:46 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | "So, about the humans..." Said a voice with diplomatic neutrality.
Groans from a myriad of different species' voices could be heard throughout the conference hall. There was a meeting being held on how to properly welcome these new, strange creatures now that they had, technically, at least, achieved Faster Than Light... | The Octo generational-carrier-ship hung over the blasted world. The only readings were the residual effects of the heavy radiation from the countless fusion bombs dropped on it.
A youngling pondered aloud "Why would we destroy a sentient species?"
"They broke the galaxy, youngling."
"How?"
The commander-elect thou... | 2017-03-31T10:44:01 | 2017-03-31T06:56:53 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] Two people in a bar are having a conversation. The topic of their "body counts" comes up. One's an assassin, the other is an escort. Each thinks the other has the same profession as them, and is horrified by what they are told. | “What’s your preferred point of entry?”
“I don’t really have a preference, there are only three options, after all. It depends on the client.”
“Only three? It doesn’t get boring sticking to the same monotony? Don’t you ever want to spice things up a bit?”
“Well I did try the ear once, but it wasn’t... |
I am under 18, so I misunderstood what you meant by "escort", so uh, sorry about that
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Gabriel sat in one of the tables in one of the many busy bars of Paris. Outside, by the window, he could see the great Eiffel Tower loomi... | 2022-04-25T23:38:12 | 2022-04-25T22:25:06 | 2,148 | 41 |
[WP] You stole 10$ from some guys bank and now he's coming after you with everything he's got. | It was just $10.00 and after all, I was hungry. Who would even notice? Who would even care? Turns out I had found the one guy who pored over every facet of his finances and like a dog with a bone, just wouldn't let this go. This was ridiculous.
 
A little over a week had passed since I had found his debi... | *How did I get here?*
I asked myself that question as I sat on the street corner, rattling the coins in the tin can. I was wearing rags, whatever I could scrounge out of the dumpster, basically.
I guess it all started when my business was starting to take off. A buddy from college and I had had a fantastic idea that... | 2017-07-18T23:46:02 | 2017-07-18T22:23:10 | 2,949 | 603 |
[WP] Ever since a horrific traffic accident years ago you have had a reoccurring song going around in your head. Although heavily researched, this song doesn't exist and there is no reference to it at all. Your at a bar, washing your hands in the toilets when a man walks in faintly singing a tune. | ######[](#dropcap)
It's been there since five years ago. Every so often, I can hear it a little more loudly, as if it's gotten closer somehow, and then it disappears again. Like that short pause on the radio in between songs, when they're switching the track out. Only it's the same song, over and over and over again. ... | Amidst the cheering of my friends, I took a deep breath and blew out the four candles on the cake, the words "To cheating death!" scrawled across it in thick frosting.
"YEAH!" the whooping and back claps rocked me as hard as the accident had.
I looked over and saw Marley ordering more drinks while drunkenly stumblin... | 2018-08-29T17:51:56 | 2018-08-29T17:28:46 | 125 | 57 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished," he says. "You are the punishment." | "you're the punishment" he says.
"I don't understand, I don't want to torture anyone, that's just not me".
The demon laughed. "Oh don't you worry about that, you just live you're every day life, but with a bit more fire. We won't make you do a single thing you wouldn't have done while you were alive, and since you'... | It was a living room. It was on fire but it was most definitely a living room. I had seen living rooms before so that was a sure thing, but how I got here I wasn't sure. Pete and Eduardo were arguing on the hot line and Don was hitting on the new waitress.
It was hot in here but it wasn't actually th... | 2020-07-10T12:13:09 | 2020-07-10T11:14:50 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A bang, a flash. Yes, I remember that clearly in mind. Surprisingly there was no pain. I suppose my body was already numb from the shock of coming home to find this man, no boy, in my house. It’s all really just a blur. I had only just spotted him when I opened the door. He was halfway down the stairs with my wife’s je... | Darkness. They say there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but I see none. Wait. Is that... applause?
"What's going on?" I turn wildly, looking for the source of the sound.
"Oh, right," a raspy voice says. *Click.* A lamp is turned on, illuminating a small table and an armchair, in which sat a short man in a devil... | 2017-06-22T04:50:26 | 2017-06-22T04:29:40 | 732 | 34 |
[WP] Write two small stories with the exact same words in the same order, but with punctuation giving them completely different meanings.
[deleted] | I killed someone. A man. Followed him home before I did it. I didn't even know him. A stranger, that's all. I thought I'd leave him bleeding if I didn't. "Help me." I was too kind for my own good. I watched the light go from his eyes, smiling. He asked me to end it. I obliged. I thought, "He was strange at first but no... | My morning toast is ready, red and full of pockmarks. Mom lays on the couch. "When did it fall?" I wonder, looking at the old family picture face down on the floorboards. Dad wouldn't have liked all this mess. Time to do some house cleaning!
 
 
My morning toast is ready.
Red and full of pockmarks,... | 2015-09-23T10:02:07 | 2015-09-23T08:50:09 | 161 | 31 |
[WP] A person awakes from a coma to find the world has become a Utopia. They've read enough literature to believe there must be something wrong with it. There isn't. | Her long brown hair cascaded down her back in thick waves, bouncing as she walked down the sidewalk in a flowery silk dress. Never in my life had I seen someone so beautiful; the second I saw her, I knew I needed to know her. Without thinking, I stepped into the street. A car honked and my head jerked to the left, seei... | "So... there's no underhanded tactics at play here?" I asked, amazed at what I'd just heard.
The doctor stared at me quizzically, bemused by my odd question. "Er... no Mr. Gordon. It's just as I said - the world is finally at peace. There are no wars, disputes, petty squabbles... nothing of the sort."
My face held a... | 2017-03-17T12:08:51 | 2017-03-17T11:37:45 | 138 | 42 |
[WP] You've always been in combat with music, so people always assumed that's what gives you your powers, but today your enemy has managed to take away your headphones, without knowing that music didn't give you your powers, it just gives you control over them | The sounds of a deep bass, grating guitars, and rapid drums filled my ears as I smashed and ripped through the seemingly endless mob of robots.
“SO WHAT IF YOU CAN SEE
THE DARKEST SIDE OF ME
NOTHING COULD EVER TAME THIS ANIMAL THAT I HAVE BECOME”, my earbuds screamed into my ears as I roared and threw the bots into e... | The Wave darted terrible close, but just missed the cord to my headphones. I launched fireball at him, narrowly missing. Thankfully I didn't throw hard enough for it to actually hit anything. Instead it dissipated before striking anything.
I just needed to get him away from that dumb lake in the middle of town. I did... | 2018-08-29T11:32:58 | 2018-08-29T10:03:56 | 67 | 11 |
[WP] For his kindness, the dragon taught the squire the dragon song. A song that was sure to make whoever sang it irresistible to the ladies. In hindsight, the squire should have known that by ladies, the dragon meant lady dragons. | It had been many years since the fateful day that Morath had encountered the dragon. Looking back, he could barely remember the person he had been back then. Young and naive, just an ignorant farm boy who had a chance encounter that would change his life forever. A bumper crop and some luck at cards had allowed his fat... | While faced with a wall of scales, you think back to the series of events that led to your current situation.
You had taken part in an expedition to loot and butcher a dragon and its lair, you were supposed to be one of the many pack mules while the hero and his team felled the beast.
It was a fascinating battle, the... | 2022-11-06T06:59:21 | 2022-11-06T05:03:28 | 843 | 398 |
[WP] "Wow, what a great batch we've got this time!" exclaimed the angel looking down at all the horrified cultists. "What, did you really expect that to summon a demon? Come on, we advertised it like that because you guys need us most!" | Graham smiled as he struggled to fit the key into the door, he had been gone for two months and even though he was home one month earlier he still chafed at how much time he had missed.
Dropping his luggage in the parlour he padded into the bedroom, he could imagine the surprise on her face, the way her cheek m... | The angel said his words and waited to see the look of horror on the cultist’s faces. He waited for what seemed like an eternity. The all stared, he supposed his appearance would be blinding to them, as he did shine brighter than any star, standing a few feet away from them. But it was the lack of shock he was dissatis... | 2021-05-21T11:18:20 | 2021-05-21T10:52:08 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] At age 15 you told the gf you were "in love" with that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your gf was in need you appear at her side. Problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now..10 years later | Charles let out a small smirk, glancing at his almost teary eyed opponent. Well he wasn't crying, or even closed to teary eyed, but Charles knew that on the inside, his opponent was in utter shambles. After a grueling 4 hour match, he had finally figured out the move that would lead to his eventual victory, the simple,... | "God dammit. Really?! I JUST paid for the movie." Steve had been teleported again. This time, to the side of the highway. He really wished he never made that stupid promise but at least he got to see Sandra every once and a while. He looked around. Sandra and Kendrick were present of course. So was their 11 month old D... | 2017-03-22T15:15:54 | 2017-03-22T14:51:37 | 135 | 81 |
[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND." | “But we have no food here! No running water!”
“Dad the internet’s down.”
“When will we know what’s going on?!”
I lifted my flashlight up over the man’s shoulder, the pale faces of his family squinted and cowered from the glare. I saw the familiar yellow glow reflecting on the walls of the hallway, emitted from the f... | Sam- my dad is like any other normal dad. Except for this one thing. I have seen my dad polish his Gatling gun every now and then. Almost religiously, with a lot of care. I just assumed it was his thing you know. Some alone time...just like how he likes working out in the basement. I assumed his time in the Special OPS... | 2017-01-27T04:28:55 | 2017-01-27T03:08:22 | 89 | 14 |
[WP] All your life, you’ve been on various antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. You were told it was important and you never argued. Turns out, your mood has a direct bearing on the weather for miles around you; for better or worse. You found this out because your pills ran out yesterday. | As Daniel flushed the antidepressants down the toilet (little barrels riding Niagara Falls), he thought of a scene in a tv show, where a man, bitten by a snake, had his friend suck the venom from his calf, then spit it into the dry earth.
The snake that had bitten Daniel had done so at school, at church, at work. One ... | At the deepest levels of the city of the Chimeras, the sound of the sizzling and crackling of flesh, bone and stone would send tremors of despair, foreboding and madness through the heart of most men. But not to Darris Swordchurch. To him, it was reminiscent of the crackling of wood on a fire and the burning of meat up... | 2021-03-31T07:20:05 | 2021-03-31T06:34:44 | 189 | 39 |
[WP] You are an AI on board an unmanned spaceship, exploring and mapping out the cosmos when you encounter an alien species. However, these aliens are unfamiliar with AI, and have instead concluded that your ship is haunted by ghosts. | The door swung sharply open as the intruders triggered the emergency release and forced the inner airlock. The sensors surged in response to the swirling air and triggered the ship capacitors. With a jolt the fusion reactor came to life.
`$> START MIND`
`$> ....`
`$> ....`
`$> SUCCESS`
The creatures... | Humanity is finally reaching her Zenith under the Confederacy of Planets. Our ability to replicate quickly compared to other life forms make us a natural choice for space exploration.
COPS have gone from a minor entity to a driving force in citizens’ lives. Every day we introduce ourselves to new races, demonstrating ... | 2020-11-19T04:43:14 | 2020-11-19T03:53:03 | 411 | 191 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | I ordered a shot of whiskey,
A slippery nipple and then
I downed six bottles of bud light
And two whiskey sours and gin.
My head is swimming round and round.
My heart is all aflame.
I wonder if my ex is awake I think I'll call him again.
Oh Fuck yeah this is my tune.
Get up!
Let's dance and shout!
This is my j... | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T11:35:38 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 74 | 10 |
[WP] A Genie offers you one wish, and you modestly wish to have a very productive 2017. The genie misunderstands, and for the rest of your life, every 20:17 you become impossibly productive for just 60 seconds. | She just wanted a fun night.
I had made my wish and learned to live with the consequences. 8pm was my prep time. Get everything in a row. I need tasks. Paper, pencils, building material is good too. During a rebellious period I tried to beat it. To take back control. I would lock myself in an empty room. But no, ... | "You want to go to the club tonight?" Andrew said, sounding worried. He then began to follow up, cautiously.
"You never go...ever since you went to Tibet, we've all been worried."
Searching for a plausible excuse, Max rubbed his sweaty palm against his side.
"I'm...just a little tired lately...work's been getting to... | 2017-05-11T21:31:49 | 2017-05-11T18:14:57 | 341 | 157 |
[WP] When a sorcerer dies any spells they cast throughout their life that are still in effect will cease to be. An powerful and ancient wizard whose origins are clouded in mystery lays comatose on his deathbed and nobody knows what will happen once he draws his final breath. | At last...
The last and greatest secret had eluded me. No sorcerer’s stone or endless elixir could keep me alive.
The healers did their best, but not even I could cure this disease, so how could they? I am the oldest and greatest of the wizards, mightiest of sorcerers who wielded the powers of earth and sky.
... | A long time ago an ancient evil rose to bring the end of the world. The prophecies spoke that it would destroy everything leaving only a void once it's all said and done, and no one would be able to stop it. Yet somehow, my great grandfather did.
The greatest wizard who ever lived. They said he could pull an entire w... | 2018-05-24T02:52:33 | 2018-05-24T01:25:04 | 56 | 15 |
[WP] This year you decide to walk through a haunted house for fun. Instead of running into your typical ghosts, zombies, or even killer clowns, you find it’s your deepest regrets. You are forced to relive moments from your past that have haunted you and you’re all alone. The only way out is forward. | When I entered the house a wooden sign dropped from the ceiling, but hung in place in strings as they got pulled taut.
"The door has closed behind you. The only way out is through." The board stated as it swung haphazardly.
I looked behind and sure enough, the doors slammed shut on cue. The sound sent a shiver of thr... | [Part 1 of 2]
I gave my knee a smack, trying to persuade my legs to stop shaking as I stared at the decaying brown shack. “They are just ordinary people in makeup. You aren’t scared of models and actors, are you?” I tried to give myself a pep talk, but it only caused my leg to shake more. Of course, I was scared of mo... | 2021-10-14T07:33:05 | 2021-10-14T06:51:53 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] Vampire society have been loyal customers to a carpenter for years. He made the best coffins they have slept in for centuries, and never really got suspicious of so many wealthy people willing to pay premium for the same niche item. As he got old, the vampires tries to offer him immortality. | "*Hypothetically*," Lucius Sanginius Romero de LeVille Finlay Tepesh started, "*if* you could, say, live forever, would you accept such a gift?"
The carpenter rubbed his scruffy chin and emptied his pipe.
"Forever, huh? Sounds like a long time. I mean, wouldn't you get bored?"
"Oh, of course not," the vampire starte... | Gerry looked aghast. “*Me*? Immortal?”
Orlock nodded. At his age, hiding his chiropteran Features was getting harder and harder. It took effort, to stay in a human guise. “Yes. I believe I said that. Immortal....with an asterisk. You’d be vulnerable to sunlight and fire would twice as dangerous to you as it is to a hu... | 2022-05-31T10:59:53 | 2022-05-31T10:25:11 | 631 | 44 |
[WP] Scientists have discovered the secret to eternal life in the bones of a certain dinosaur. The rich flock to labs to have the substance injected into their bloodstreams. After a while, people start to ask the question, "If these dinosaurs had the secret to immortality, how did they die?" |
When "The Process" was first unveiled people were skeptical. A doctor had accidentally been working with CRISPR and thanks to a friend in paleontology had started to wonder what would happen if he spliced some dinosaur DNA with a mouse. The results were shocking. It took 10 years afterwards before the doctor even f... | "Rocks," said the janitor.
The scientists, who had been hotly debating why the antithantic serum they had extracted from the dinosaurs' bones hadn't made the dinosaurs themselves effectively immortal as it did humans, all turned to glare at him.
"Rocks," one scoffed.
"Rocks from space," he said.
"It's the purificat... | 2019-06-12T01:45:30 | 2019-06-12T00:51:06 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Humanity is the only species that treat "unrealistic" stories like sci-fi and fantasy as a legitimate genre, instead of just something to amuse children that adults no longer need. Because of this, humanity cracks FTL while species much older than us are still stuck in their home system. | Who knew that Xenoanthropology could be so boring?
Growing up, I imagined what it would be like to travel the stars. To sail, from one system to another, discovering new life, new civilizations. Hearing their histories, sharing their food, reading their stories.
A life like that would be everything a girl like me cou... | All was calm on the flight deck of the Earth Fleet Ship 'EFS Zelensky', ensign Grega sipped their coffee gingerly, monitoring for any sign of the enemy, double checking . The Zelensky was in a small task force "Task Force Misquito" with two other stealth-destroyers; 'EFS Zenith' and 'EFS Armageddon', their task was ... | 2022-09-30T10:16:56 | 2022-09-30T08:57:27 | 195 | 46 |
[WP] You’re cursed with immortality, not because you sold your soul or you’re a sort of immortal creature but because a few thousand years ago, you stepped on the back of Death’s robe and being the petty shit Death is, he hasn’t forgiven you since.
Edit: okay, wow, I definitely did not expect this to get so popular an... | The body lasted as long as most bodies do. Technically, I died at 82, which was a slightly longer than average lifespan for the era. It came as a surprise, because I thought I was going to live forever.
Death had told me so. When he came to pick me and my family up from the wreckage of the car crash, I yelled at him... | The smell of lilacs sour in their vase wafted towards me as I rested on the hard surface of a bar stool in my kitchen. “Another one,” I thought as I pulled them from their resting place and left them wilted in the rubbish. Walking out into the back patio, I sought my new prey from amongst rows and rows of brightly colo... | 2018-10-12T12:08:44 | 2018-10-12T11:14:01 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You are the captain of a starship, only a few hours before the last star in existence dies and the universe goes cold.
Inspired by my answer to another prompt about running out of time. | We were all children once, stumbling in the dark. But our parents would hear our cries and pick us up. And they would pull us into their divine embraces, allowing their warmth to flow into the heart of us.
Here we are, one-hundred and forty five brave adventurers, who find ourselves at the last event worth knowing. A ... | Captain: "Well, looks like our first order of business is to rename what we call this ship. Obviously " starship" won't work anymore. Suggestions? We're brainstorming here, anything goes."
1st officer: cold space ship?
Captain: you're fucking fired
Engineer: ship of fools?
Captain: gawdammit, people!
Doctor: GoodS... | 2015-01-17T08:49:08 | 2015-01-17T07:00:38 | 166 | 87 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | Late to the party as usual, but here goes.
In the human history there is man named Alexander whom they call 'the Great.' Alexander lead a vast army, which worshipped him, with which he conquered hundreds of kingdoms. He spread his noble culture to the far reaches of the world in an unbelievably short amount of time. ... | Captain of NA Drial to Federation HQ
I am afraid, scared and motivated, I know its odd way to put it but we may win the war against the Empire with the humans.
I mean, since humans first made contact they remained neutral, in their tiny solar system.
They had so much battle experience that we thought that humans mayb... | 2017-03-06T00:34:43 | 2017-03-06T00:01:22 | 171 | 25 |
[WP] You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | "Kinda short for a knight, aren't you?"
The words hung in the air. Sir Gregory was taken aback. He was expecting the princess to be excited to see him or terrified of the dragon. Condescension was an emotion he never entertained.
"Oh Gods, you reek. No, this won't do. If you wish to rescue me *properly* I insist you ... | “Doesn’t anybody get it!” I yelled at the confused knight standing below my tower.
“SHE IS A PET!” I barked at him. My rage getting increasingly higher as these people kept coming to kill my Grengold Dragon, Dempy.
The knight looked up at me, his eyes wide with utter confusion, and surprise.
“But..”
“NO BUTS! Honestl... | 2019-01-09T11:59:29 | 2019-01-09T10:14:11 | 158 | 25 |
[WP] After sarcastically complaining to God for the 1000th time he drags you to heaven and offers to let you run things for a day to see how the world really works. At the end of your first day he comes back to find the universe a finely tuned machine of excellence. | "Impressive." God acknowledges as he gazes down to Earth, "But I'm having difficulty seeing what you changed. The people are still scurrying around, but hate and violence is down 90% across the board. I must know -- what did you do?"
Whitney smirked ever so slightly while taking her place at God's left side. "This? Oh... | G: "how.....?"
M: "Easy, I just abolished religion, emotion, and urge."
G: "YOu WHAT!?"
M: "Yeah, now everything is perfect."
G: "But now nobody believes in me? Nobody loves or hates? Nobody want's anything!?"
M: "Exactly, perfect."
G: "You're a monster!"
M: "Dude, you made me this way." | 2017-03-05T03:20:27 | 2017-03-05T02:09:27 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] When somebody loses a tooth, the tooth fairy comes. When somebody takes acid, you come. Your job is to create the "hallucinations" that they see. | So I'm LSD. Acid. I inspired a lot of good art back in the day. Well, more than inspired. I took ordinary but open minds and reworked them into something new and daring and transgressive. I shook a generation out of its old ways and made it into something beautiful. I was architect and psychiatrist and filmmaker and vi... | I sighed one more time as the silver band on my arm let off a ping. Another job, another person needing me to keep the dark things at bay.
I looked down at the band, looking for the small white dot that told the location of the job, and sighed again. A small town high school bathroom. What was wrong with these kids. M... | 2016-11-26T18:46:59 | 2016-11-26T18:37:52 | 143 | 13 |
[WP] You grew up with your uncle, seeing him bringing weird stuffs home, you'd always thought he was just a hoarder. Untill the day he died, you realized that your uncle was the collector and protector of the most powerfull artifacts in the universe and you are a part of his collection. | Issac sat down on his bed still wearing the perfectly fitted suit he wore to his uncle's funeral. Uncle Rummy always said a good suit could get you far in life. The laddies loved it too, according to him. Issac examined the simple black notebook in his hands. It was rather unassuming: dusty faux leather over aged p... | Three days is all it took for me, just three damn days to have my whole world shattered. Why'd that bastard have to go and leave me behind? It's not like I can live out my life knowing what he's left behind for me.
And me? What the hell does this goddamn letter mean? You stupid, selfish, cold bastard, I still need yo... | 2018-09-30T04:11:33 | 2018-09-30T01:25:44 | 65 | 21 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | Everyone knew this day would come, the day that would determine the rest of our lives. No one knew where the mutation came from, my parents always told me that it was just a path of life, that their parents had mutations and so did the generation before them. Today was the day, my 21st birthday, my grandmother had alwa... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T00:56:46 | 1,457 | 13 |
[WP] You died today. Turns out you are the 100 Billionth person to do so. To commemorate the occasion, you are given the chance to undo a single decision. Any decision. | When I was 23 I killed a man. He was being an asshole. I was too; we were both drunk. He hit me. I hit him better. When he fell his head bounced off the bar. The bar cracked.
He lay there slumped under the bar with his arms up like he was hugging a ghost or tryin' to do a sit up, but while asleep. I learned later it'... | The choice was simple
I mean...
I am a simple man with no ambition of changing the world or becoming a hero.
What I do have instead is the need to not embarrass myself too much like any other normal person.
So when Micha or whatever the angels name was said that i could undo one single decision, it did not take m... | 2018-12-22T15:04:23 | 2018-12-22T11:10:53 | 198 | 126 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a special talent that's weak when young, but grows stronger and matures at the age of 30. A kid that's a little stronger than his peers will grow up to lift mountains. Another who like tinkering will revolutionize civil action. You? Well, cats just seem to like you...
*civilizations
Edit: W... | Should I ask him to repeat himself?
Is that rude?
I can't exactly be at fault for not listening too well. I wasn't exactly expecting... well... words...
"Did you get all that Steven?"
Oh wow, ok yeah he definitely spoke and I completely missed it.
"Will you do it?"
I stared blankly at Jasper who was sitting over... | In the beginning when I was a child stray cats would follow me home almost everyday. My mother would scold me and chase them away with a broom or whip her apron at them. But regardless of her efforts the cats would park their furry tails outside our home and meow endlessly into the night.
The meowing drove our nei... | 2016-12-30T08:57:01 | 2016-12-30T08:26:44 | 2,633 | 150 |
[WP] Open Concept: Instead of choosing between the red pill and the blue pill, Morpheus offers an ENTIRE rainbow of six pills to choose from.
Have Neo try all but red and blue, with the effects of each pill relevant to the context of the Matrix film (i.e. basic color symbolism should dictate what each pill does).
Ag... | "You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and see how deep this rabbit-hole goes."
"I'm sorry," Neo responded, scratching his head. "I got caught up in your metaphor and lost track of what you were saying. Could you explain it again."
"Okay," Morpheus sighed. "I'll put it simply, in an unfortunately less badass... | “After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. You take the bluey-red pill and the story ends, but then a new story begins. You... | 2015-03-06T15:15:42 | 2015-03-06T14:31:15 | 51 | 17 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | PARIS (AP) Leaders from 42 countries gathered in the French capital Tuesday to thank the police detective who singlehandedly defeated the terrorist group known as ISIS.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau still seemed a little dazed from his ordeal in Syria, saying only "I do not know who zis ISIS person is, I am just glad ze ... | Reports come in today that North Korean president Kim Jong Un has launched a nuclear weapon in response to the sanctions imposed by the US and China. However, North Korean scientists miscalculated the trajectory of the missile leading it to land in Raqqa, Syria. An upcoming UN meeting of World Leaders will decide if No... | 2016-01-29T07:27:42 | 2016-01-29T06:09:39 | 1,067 | 277 |
[WP] "You're wrong, I deserve to go to heaven." "Even after you killed all those people?" "Hey, they were bad people!" "And all those drugs you sold?" "Only to those responsible enough to handle them!" "And all the cars you stole?" "Okay, that one is hard to explain…" | "You're wrong, I deserve to go to heaven," Marta said calmly.
"Even after you killed all those people?" The judging jackal asked, holding out a taloned and patient palm.
"Hey, they were bad people!"
"And all those drugs you sold?" He pressed a nail into her chest. There was a pinch, a cold sensation, but no pain.
"... | Actually I take that back, not hard to explain at all; civil asset forfeiture is a completely legal part of my job, as are sting operations, and all of the criminals that aren't on the streets any more were self defense.
... I do not say this as condemnation, but to clear the fog from listening to the whispers of evil... | 2022-09-26T07:16:41 | 2022-09-26T06:44:24 | 145 | 87 |
[WP]Once you die, you get a chance to get revenge on those who wronged you in life. Bad teachers, childhood bullies, corporate entitled brats, and now, as you step into the room with all of them, Death lets out a low whistle. “Haven’t seen this many in centuries. Have fun, kid.” | [TW: Suicide]
"It's really a question of mindset," Death said, shrugging. "If someone's wronged you and you've forgiven them, there ain't much point getting revenge."
You stare at the six hundred and fifty people in the hall. You haven't counted, but you can guess.
The spectre sighs. You can't make anything about th... | Looking out over the sea of people, I realized I only recognized about 20 faces instantly. Some took some time; these were the elementary school bullies, some people whom I knew mostly online, and other less significant figures in my life. Before acting, I looked out. I had made it very clear who caused my death; I cou... | 2019-09-28T18:27:48 | 2019-09-28T17:53:52 | 419 | 41 |
[WP] It is your first day working at a suicide hotline center and your first call is not what you expect. | "Hi, this is Maggie. I'm here to talk if you want to." It wasn't the best opening line, and I had a handbook and script in front of me, but this seemed better. Until it had come out of my mouth. Then it seemed unnatural.
The person on the other side of the phone breathed slowly. I could hear them there, just breathin... | Nick's hands were sweating. Sure, he had successfully completed the training. And yes, he had listened in to calls as other operators half heartedly tried to convince people that their lives really were worth living. But sitting alone here in his cubicle preparing to take his first call, he felt indescribably nervous.... | 2016-04-06T05:45:31 | 2016-04-06T03:10:13 | 36 | 12 |
[WP] Run. Wherever you are, write yourself getting the hell out of there - escaping as far as possible, by any means necessary. | Fourteen years. Fourteen fucking years. You would think that would have been long enough. Yeah, so did I. I had covered my tracks as best as anyone could. A damn bloodhound couldn't find me. No, seriously; they used a bloodhound once. I had erased my online presence entirely. I had deleted my emails, my facebook, my ga... | I tied my shoes and then stood, looking into the dresser mirror at my bare chest, wondering if I should wear a shirt today. Running more and more every week had toned my body into something I admired. I knew other people didn't admire my progress as much as I did, but I finally felt comfortable enough to opt out of wea... | 2014-07-06T17:07:15 | 2014-07-06T16:48:38 | 174 | 48 |
[WP] A time traveller from the 1930's travels to modern day in his time machine and wonders why his invention never caught on. | The smoke set off the sprinklers. As Professor Kaufmann evacuated his students, he discerned something sparking in the commotion. A cough. Kaufmann went for the object, risking his own safety for that of one of his pupils.
The sparking was not lab equipment, nor was the coughing man one of his pupils. A middle-aged ma... | "This doesn't make sense," Lloyd said to himself, while sitting in front of a computer. As amazed as he was by this advanced knowledge box, he was more amazed by the information he found. All references to time travel were associated with fictional works.
Time travel was real. Lloyd had invented it 82 years ago an... | 2014-10-09T08:26:30 | 2014-10-09T08:20:19 | 52 | 32 |
[WP] In order to solve the climate crisis, humanity shrinks itself down to ant size people. Generations pass, and eventually we forget that we were once giants. A group of humans decide to go exploring and stumbles upon the ruins of an ancient, huge city... | We were often told as children that the Place Beyond the Grass was not meant for our kind. Only the ants, with their iron carapaces and fierce determination, were destined to leave the forest. Even they could stay for only a short time, before the harsh environment drove them back into the depths of their subterranean ... | "It's toying with us!" Dayal squealed in his typical pitch.
"I thought journalists had spines, war zones, and all that." The mercenary checked the wrist ropes were right before he started slowly sharpening his hooks again the whetstone back of the handles.
The metal sang as another batting blow struck down on the hu... | 2021-06-30T10:33:16 | 2021-06-30T09:43:59 | 456 | 29 |
[WP] PVP has been turned off for years. Everyone now knows, that no blade can pierce the skin with the INTENT to kill or harm. You are at the doctor getting a shot when the needle bends upon touching your upper arm... | Many ancient scholars speculated that *if* the universe is a computer program, life should never, under any circumstances, know this fact, for *if* it ever figured it out, modern civilization would instantly crumble. Of course, those scholars never went a step ahead to see the ultimate truth; That *if* the universe is ... | "Are you ready?" The nurse's voice was always kind, but one could hear the deep concern buried beneath the kindness. Kyle nodded his head, his heart pounding in his chest, a tear racing from his eye to his chin and onto the silvery blue tile floor.
"*Please,*" Kyle begged silently. "*Please let it work this time... | 2016-08-31T08:02:52 | 2016-08-31T07:53:30 | 334 | 139 |
[WP] A harmless Eldritch god roams Earth to see it’s natural wonders. While traveling, he see humanity screaming and running away from him. Curious as to why, he plucks one from a crowd and brings it up to head level. “Why do you fear me?” He says. | "Well, you're, you know-" the man stuttered incoherently, gesticulating wildly with his hands.
"I'm afraid I don't understand. What do you mean, 'you know'?"
"You know, well, you've got all those strange squiggly bits. And tentacles. And so many eyes. I'm not really sure where to look."
"My prime eye is directly be... | The human's head exploded.
"Holy--yikes!" I shrieked in horror. I set the remaining headless ragdoll down hastily, flicking my fingers.
I looked around. The screaming crowds were drawing away from me now. There was nothing around me but large, shiny rectangular objects, some even taller than I. As I moved, I caught a... | 2022-03-06T05:57:52 | 2022-03-06T03:22:30 | 457 | 99 |
[WP] The aliens have arrived however they are not here for war. Instead after reading our broadcast of the United States Constitution they want to join as the 51 state and have brought a small planetoid into orbit to serve as the 51 state. | "So, what happens if we tell them about the Space treaty that says that no nation can have any territory in space?"
"I don't think they'll react well."
"Best case scenario?"
"An insane amount of applications for residency, the vast majority of which would get turned down because they don't have skills we need."
"Th... | Gaphon looked down at his beloved. Her face was flushed with fever, her eyes a dull, opaque gray.
"It's time to go," he whispered. She responded only by mouthing a few grunts. "They will help you, Leaza," Gaphon told her, "they will make everything better."
The shuttle engines roared to life. Soon they would be out o... | 2016-06-06T09:11:03 | 2016-06-06T08:55:19 | 133 | 45 |
[WP]You live in a Dystopian world where eye color determines your social class. 20 years later a baby is born with red eyes.
This could be fun it already has implied racial themes, discrimination and anti-meritocracy. Do with it what you will. | "Did you hear, Mrs Rana gave birth last night." Old man Rasputin coughed out.
"Yeah, that's nice." Joy said as perused his eyePad.
"But there's a nasty rumor going around!" Rasputin whispered.The intensity in his voice made Joy look up.
"What rumors?"
"The boy he's.. he's uncharted."
Joy did not know how to proc... | About seven months into the zaftig I hit rock bottom. There were no eggs or rice or bread crumbs. Azure was begging for my milk but my own body was too frail to produce more on top of the demands of the tiny baby already growing inside. Apart from everything our landlord had no problem thank you very much with throwing... | 2015-08-24T12:57:58 | 2015-08-24T12:04:05 | 51 | 12 |
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